Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move

> This logic is flawed: historically, we've seen malware slip through the Play Store—signed and “verified”—several times.

Yeah, check for all the fake sora apps in the play store.

This is a weak argument. If things have slipped through the cracks with someone actively reviewing it, the alternative cant be 'lets not do any checking whatsoever'.

There are better arguments against this that other commenters here have provided (including "my device, my rule") but this isnt a strong argument.